Scary Real Life Story::: Medical Treatment Gone Wrong

Reading history can be a bit scary. But just imagine that while we are at Halloween time those that lived history did it day to day life. Like take for example the psychiatrist that thought ice pick lobotomy could help those with depression or mood problems. Wow!! Can you imagine,,,, it really did happen.

Psychiatrist Walter Freeman introduced what he thought was a life changing medical procedure. the "ice-pick" lobotomy in 1946 was exactly like it sounds like. The doctor would tak an ice pick and jam it through your eye socket into your brain. Yes you were awake when this was going on. The doctor believed that too much emotion caused the depression and decided the emotional connection in the brain needed to be cut. Many after the procedure were changed but sometimes the change was from being paralyzed or being left mentally disabled.

Freeman took his traveling freak show across the country. Because there was few treatment for mentally ill many wanted the treatment. People would soon catch on that a knife in your brain may not be advanced medicine after all and the treatments would be stopped.

This brings me to a final point and that is to inspire you to stay up to date with all of your(s) and your families  health information where they can be easily reached. This should include medical treatments, past illnesses, immunizations, important phone numbers and etc...

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